Chapter 301 I Said I Would Lead You to Victory
In the 74th minute of the game, the Chinese team made the first substitution, Xu Xin replaced Xie Pengfei, and no other changes were made.

Li Yi's substitution was planned. If Liao Lisheng was replaced, there would be problems in the connection between the Chinese team's midfield and forward.

Therefore, even though Liao Lisheng had physical problems, Li Yi still chose to keep him on the court.

Two minutes after the Chinese team completed the substitution, that is, in the 2th minute of the game, Chico Ramos replaced Sergio Oliveira, which was a response to the Chinese team's substitution.

"Podestavski made the steal, Wu Lei wanted to pass the ball alone, but the Portuguese defender guessed it, which was a pity."

"Portugal launched a counterattack. Podestavski passed the ball to Mane in front, and Xu Xin followed."

"Mane is very fast! Although he just came on the field, Xu Xin's speed is a bit slower than Mane!"

"Mane, go down the flank and pass it to the middle!"

woww!

Mane made an inverted triangle and successfully passed the ball to Fernandez at the top of the arc.

!!!

When Fernandez got the ball, all 11 Chinese Olympic players were very nervous. Jiang Yuan even signaled Chang Feiya to run to the middle quickly, and he filled in the defensive gap of Chang Feiya.

Looking at Fernandez...

B~ Fee! Pass~ Over the top, the follow-up movement is too big, and the ball is lost~

There was nothing Fernandez could do, he spread his hands and could only blame his teammates for not moving.

perfect!

"Give it to me directly!"

Jiang Yuan stretched out his hand, signaling Mi Haolun not to hesitate and to pass the ball directly to him. The latter handled the matter very decisively, making a standard long pass to the left.

The speed was very fast, but the only flaw was the accuracy. Mi Haolun's long pass was a bit difficult to evaluate. It seemed to be passed to Jiang Yuan, but it also seemed to be passed to Chico Ramos.

But it doesn’t matter, Jiang Yuan can still run.

Jiang Yuan was seen speeding up and running forward on the left. After running parallel to Ramos, Jiang Yuan rushed forward half a body length, then suddenly moved to the right and blocked Ramos with his body.

Of course Ramos was unwilling to let Jiang Yuan go just like that, so he simply pulled and dragged him, making Jiang Yuan very uncomfortable.

"Go away!"

Jiang Yuan swung his right hand and directly slapped away Ramos' hand that was stretched out to him, then broke away from the defense and started to cut inside.

"There was physical contact between Jiang Yuan and Ramos, and both sides made movements with their hands, but the referee did not make any comments."

"Shi Ke went down the left side, Jiang Yuan continued to move towards the middle, and Fernandez, who was returning to defense, also came over, trying to use his body to block Jiang Yuan's position, but Fernandez was relatively thin, and was no match for Jiang Yuan in terms of physical confrontation."

"Jiang Yuan, give it to Wu Lei!"

"Wu Lei passes the ball back again, beautiful! Very good passing and receiving cooperation, Jiang Yuan gets the ball and enters the Portuguese penalty area"

"Look for another opportunity"

"Hey, what's going on?"

He Wei let out a cry of surprise, and outside the penalty area, Jiang Yuan fell to the ground without any physical resistance.

The referee wanted to run over and show Jiang Yuan a yellow card for diving, but he immediately noticed something wrong. There was a very strange twist in Jiang Yuan's right calf muscle.

There is no doubt that Jiang Yuan had cramps!

"Grass!"

Jiang Yuan fell to the ground, clenched his right fist and angrily hammered the grass. Fonseca ran over, grabbed Jiang Yuan's right ankle with both hands and lifted Jiang Yuan's right leg up.

Then, he pressed Jiang Yuan's right foot hard.

As the camera focused, Jiang Yuan covered his face with his hands, with a painful expression.

The pain from cramps was one thing, but the main reason was that we lost such a good attacking opportunity.

"Ouch, this is the same leg that cramped when we played against Germany."

"It's probably because I haven't fully rested from the cramps I had last time!"

The CCTV commentator gave an analysis.

It's true. If a leg cramps, it will take about a week to fully recover. Jiang Yuan looked like he hadn't rested enough after the last cramp, and he ran too much today and got cramps again.

"To be honest, it's a pity that this ball was lost. If Jiang Yuan hadn't had cramps, he would have been able to complete the shot with his personal ability in the penalty area."

"That's right, but now that this situation has occurred, we don't know whether the Chinese team will make substitutions."

"The team doctor is here to check on Jiang Yuan's current condition."

Two team doctors, Zhang Peng and Gao Jianguo, hurried onto the court carrying first aid kits. Zhang Yuning had already started warming up in front of the bench.

“Drink this first.”

Gao Jianguo took out a bottle of inorganic saline from the first aid kit and handed it to Jiang Yuan. It contained a large amount of calcium ions and magnesium ions, which helped relieve the symptoms of cramps.

While Jiang Yuan was drinking the inorganic salt water, Zhang Peng took out the essential oil, dripped it on Jiang Yuan's calves, and then performed some simple massage.

"How about it?"

Wu Lei ran over to ask. In this situation, all the players of the National Olympic Team were very worried.

'It's not a good situation'

Zhang Peng made a judgment that since it was the second cramp within a week, the situation this time would definitely be more difficult to deal with than the last time.

"call--"

Wu Lei let out a breath, turned around and left, with a rather bad expression on his face.

Liu Binbin ran over. Because there were too many people around Jiang Yuan, Liu Binbin found Wu Lei who had just come out and said, "Brother Lei, what do you want to say?"

'It's not a good situation'

Wu Lei repeated what the team doctor said. Liu Binbin took a deep breath and put his hand on Wu Lei's back: "It's okay, Brother Lei. We still have a chance."

"What a bullshit chance!"

Wu Lei couldn't control his emotions and shouted: "Jiang Yuan is off the field, what's the point of our playing!"

"Hey!"

Liu Binbin spread his hands, somewhat helpless, but he really couldn't think of any way to refute Wu Lei's words for a while.

Yes, with their ability and their only core player leaving the field, how are they going to play for the next 10 minutes?
The director's camera focused on Jiang Yuan again. Two team doctors helped Jiang Yuan off the court. It was not clear whether Jiang Yuan would continue to play, but all the Chinese fans at the scene stood up.

In an instant, thunderous applause broke out in the Havelange Olympic Stadium.

"Jiang Yuan, come on!"

"You are my god!"

"Don't be sad! Jiang Yuan, you're awesome!"

"..."

Next, a scene that surprised the entire audience appeared. After leaving the court, Jiang Yuan did not return directly to the bench, but sat down outside the sidelines. Two team doctors were massaging Jiang Yuan's calves.

The director turned the camera to Zhang Yuning again, and Zhang Yuning had already sat back on the bench.

There is no doubt that Jiang Yuan will continue to play!

"Are you okay?"

Li Yi walked over and looked at Jiang Yuan on the ground with a worried look on his face. The latter did not say anything, but simply gave a thumbs up.

Although his calf cramps were painful, Jiang Yuan knew that if he left the field, the Chinese team would basically go home. They had already played for nearly 80 minutes, and if something went wrong in the final minutes, there would be no place to cry.

The essential difference between calf cramps and other sports injuries is that if you are willing to endure it, you can still keep kicking. The only problem is that Jiang Yuan may have cramps every few minutes.

"Is it okay?"

Jiang Yuan looked at his teammates who had already started the game, looked at Zhang Peng, and then stood up.

The fourth official put his hand on Jiang Yuan's chest and said, "Wait a moment."

"Ok, that's it!"

The fourth official retracted his hand and Jiang Yuan trotted into the arena.

Clap clap clap clap!
Snap, snap, snap, snap, snap!

There was thunderous applause in the Havelange Stadium. Of course, the Chinese fans applauded, and the neutral fans also applauded.

It is worth mentioning that more than 4/5 of the Portuguese fans also applauded Jiang Yuan, which is indeed the highest recognition for Jiang Yuan.

[Fuck, I am in tears, brothers]

[This guy is only 18 years old? Damn, I can’t even handle this responsibility when I’m 28 years old. Jiang Yuan is really awesome.]

【What can I say, this is a real man! 】

【man! Jiang Yuan back! 】

[I’ll leave it at that. I will never slander Jiang Yuan in my life.]

[Chelsea is probably about to cry. Mourinho could never have imagined that Jiang Yuan could be used in this way]

[On the use of Jiang Yuan——China’s Olympic team]

[It's so funny. Jiang Yuan would leave the field immediately if his calf felt uncomfortable in the club, but he had to play even if he had cramps in the national team. Chelsea will never understand why Jiang Yuan fought so hard in the national team.]

[How can we not fight? Jiang Yuan is playing for the club, and we still have Hazard, Ibrahimovic, Terry, and this season there is also Pogba. But if Jiang Yuan is playing for the national team, can you imagine what our record would be against Portugal? ]

"Clap clap clap!"

"Come on! Come on!"

After returning to his position, Jiang Yuan immediately told his teammates about his presence. Upon hearing the news, the National Olympic players gained confidence and immediately launched a counterattack against Portugal.

The situation is clear now. Liao Lisheng is exhausted and Jiang Yuan has cramps. The Chinese team had better complete the final kill in the next 10 minutes. If it drags into overtime, China will fall into an unimaginable passive situation.

Time passed quickly and it was almost overtime, with the fourth official raising the sign.

Extra time: 5 minutes!

Now Jiang Yuan felt as if he had been electrocuted. His right calf was twitching. He didn't know if it was the muscles or the blood vessels that were twitching, but it was an indescribable feeling.

"Brother Yuan, are you okay?"

Taking advantage of the corner kick, Wu Lei ran over to ask Jiang Yuan. Now he wished that it was him who had cramps instead of Jiang Yuan. How great it would be!
"little things"

Jiang Yuan pushed Wu Lei back into the human wall.

"Corner kick taken, to the back post, landing point, Jiang Yuan, push forward!"

"Mi Haolun, take it again. Oops!"

"Just a little bit more! Mi Haolun's header hit the post and flew out!"

"The referee blew the whistle! The game goes into overtime!"

The director was very sensible. After the referee blew the whistle, he immediately gave the camera to Jiang Yuan, who had his hands on his hips with a dazed expression.

There are still 30 minutes to play. This is absolutely bad news for the Chinese Olympic team!
During the 10-minute break, players from both teams slowly walked back to the locker room under the gaze of 5 people in the stadium.

The fans in the live broadcast room are also very nervous now.

The game was at 0 o'clock, and the original plan was to watch it end at 2 o'clock, then go to bed and get up to go to work the next morning.

As a result, the game probably won’t be over before 3 o’clock.

Just go to sleep? This is impossible. How can the fans sleep after seeing this?

In today's game, no matter whether the Chinese Olympic team wins or loses, most Chinese fans will probably be unable to sleep. It is destined to be a sleepless night!
In the locker room, as the game entered overtime, Li Yi had nothing else to emphasize. The three team doctors took turns giving Jiang Yuan massages. Liao Lisheng also enjoyed the same treatment, because from the looks of it, Jiang Yuan and Liao Lisheng were the most tired.

Li Yi took a step forward and signaled everyone to relax and not to be restrained: "In the overtime, we will focus on defense."

As the head coach of the National Olympic Team, Li Yi is a wise man. In the current situation, it is basically a dream for the Chinese National Olympic Team to defeat the Portuguese National Olympic Team in mobile warfare. The only possibility is to drag the game to a penalty shootout.

China's penalty kick level is average, but after all, it is a penalty kick, which is definitely easier than open play.

"550!"

Jiang Yuan, who was lying on the ground, raised one hand to show his approval of what Li Yi said.

"Are you okay?"

Hearing Jiang Yuan talking, Li Yi squatted down and reached out to touch Jiang Yuan's calf.

It’s much better than before!

"Don't worry, I will definitely finish the overtime"

Jiang Yuan gave a thumbs up and looked at Zhang Yuning in the distance: "Sorry, Brother Ning, you probably won't have a chance to play today."

"it's okay no problem!"

Zhang Yuning waved his hands repeatedly.

Jiang Yuan really thought too highly of him. Zhang Yuning came on as a substitute in overtime. How could he possibly withstand such pressure?

You know, Zhang Yuning is only 19 years old this year!

"No more talking, come on!"

After a 10-minute break, the players from both teams returned to the field and the game started immediately.

Overtime consists of 15 minutes per half, with 2 halves in total, with no rest time in between.

When the game started, the Chinese team immediately started to park the bus. The reason was obvious: the Chinese team wanted to take a penalty kick.

But it was different for Portugal. After entering the overtime, coach Vengada immediately made a substitution, replacing Martins with Paciencia. The adjustment in the striker position was self-evident.

The game is in the 101st minute!

"There are still 4 minutes left in the first half, and Portugal's desire to attack remains unabated."

"But I believe the audience can see that after entering the overtime, the technical movements of the players of both teams have become somewhat distorted."

There is nothing wrong with Zhan Jun and He Wei's analysis. Even the Portuguese team, which is good at playing fast-paced games, felt overwhelmed after playing for more than 100 minutes. Carlos Mane on the right almost lost his ability to break through and could only rely on Paciencia, who had just come on the field, to attack.

However, there is a very strange player on the Portuguese side, that is Bruno Fernandes.

When it comes to this guy, Jiang Yuan is completely speechless.

Damn it, I've been running for more than 100 minutes and I'm still running.

Are you a perpetual motion machine?
The game reached the 103rd minute. Portugal's ball possession rate in the past 5 minutes reached 92%. This was the inevitable result of the Chinese team giving up the ball. Portugal was looking for opportunities by controlling the ball, and soon the ball came to Fernandez's feet again.

"Fernandez, pass the ball directly!"

"Through pass! It was a through pass from Fernandez. The Chinese team's defense made a huge mistake and Portugal found an opportunity!"

"Paciencia went around Shi Ke and got the ball in front"

"Face the goalkeeper! Paciencia faces the goalkeeper!"

"Wang Dalei attacked and kicked the ball out!"

"Wait! That's a foul!"

"do not want!"

The referee hurried over and showed Wang Dalei a yellow card.

"Fuck!"

Jiang Yuan and Wu Lei ran over immediately and said, "Is this a foul? Our goalkeeper touched the ball first. Look carefully, look more carefully!"

Jiang Yuan saw clearly that Wang Dalei indeed kicked Paciencia's foot first and then touched the ball.

But they have to pretend to be blind at this time. If Portugal is really given a penalty kick, what the hell are they going to do?
"move back!"

The referee shouted, and then...

Point your finger at the penalty spot!
"wowww!"

"Draw it up!"

"Nima!"

The Chinese fans in the stadium turned red, and Li Yi, who was originally standing, sat back on the bench and covered his eyes with both hands.

I dare not look, I dare not look!
The camera turns to the Portuguese penalty taker. The one responsible for this penalty is Portugal's midfield core, Bruno Fernandes!
"It's okay, it's okay. Cheer up, there's still a chance."

Zhang Linpeng comforted Wang Dalei, who clapped his hands and stood on the goal line.

Players from both teams also stood behind the white line outside the penalty area. As long as B Fee touched the ball, they would run out at the first time to clear the ball or take a follow-up shot.

Of course, the premise of all these things depends on the quality of B Fee's penalty.

"Beep!"

The referee blew the whistle, Fernandez paused, ran in a small arc, and then started to take small jump steps.

Jump, jump, jump again...

Arch of foot push shot.

"GOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

"Bruno Fernandes!!!"

“2:3!!!!”

At the Havelange Olympic Stadium, it's carnival time for Portuguese fans.

105′55″, the standard time for a buzzer-beater!
"The referee blew the whistle, the first half of overtime is over"

"There is not much time left for Chinese football!"

[Fuck, I'm really impressed. What's wrong with Wang Dalei? He was playing well before, but why is he suddenly playing so poorly?]

[There's nothing we can do about it. If it wasn't a penalty, this one-on-one shot would have definitely gone in. The goal should still be blamed on the backcourt defense. There was something wrong with the positioning of Mi Haolun and Wu Xinghan.]

[What a ridiculous defense! Who would have thought that Portugal's No. 10 would pass the ball so accurately? Wow]

[This Fernandez is a bit outrageous, his value is not even 1000 million euros, is it true? ]

[Awesome, but they lost the ball a bit too much. One person lost 10% of Portugal's possession rate]

[Alas, Portugal has a high ball possession rate, so it doesn't matter if they lose the ball. Look at China, their ball possession rate is less than 20% since the overtime. I am really speechless]

[Fuck, they were defeated by a penalty kick? Damn, go to sleep, Chinese men's football team, idiots! ]

[Brothers, it’s time to go to sleep. There is no hope for the Chinese men’s football team anymore.]

【See you in 4 years! 】

There is no break in the first half of overtime, but the players can get together during the position change time, which is what China and Portugal did.

"Come here! Come here quickly!"

Wu Lei knew what Jiang Yuan wanted to say, so he and Liu Binbin called all the players on the field over, and everyone gathered together to form a circle.

Whoosh whoosh!

Whoosh!

The circle was filled with the sound of the players breathing heavily, and it was obvious that everyone was very tired.

clap clap clap!
Jiang Yuan patted his neck three times in a row to stimulate his brain stem to increase his concentration, then looked around at the 10 players on the field, and finally his eyes stopped on Wang Dalei.

"Don't be sad, we just lost the ball, did we lose?"

"No...no"

Wang Dalei answered hesitantly, and he felt extremely guilty now.

"There are still 15 minutes left before the game ends. What's the point of being sad now? There are still 15 minutes left. It's not like we can't win."

Seeing that the referee was about to come over to urge him, Jiang Yuan decided to make it short. He stretched out his right index finger and pointed at Wang Dalei's nose: "I said I would lead you to win, and I will lead you to win."

"So... raise your heads up! There are still 15 minutes left!"

Clap clap clap!

"Go China!"

The Chinese Olympic team was wasting time just now, so Jiang Yuan should have received a yellow card. However, Zhang Linpeng reacted quickly and rushed up to talk to the referee, thus taking the yellow card for Jiang Yuan.

The second half of overtime begins!

"China!"

"come on!"

"China!"

"come on!"

"..."

Although they are behind, Chinese fans still maintain their passion.

They are expecting a miracle!

"give him!"

Jiang Yuan pointed at Liu Binbin, signaling Shi Ke to pass the ball directly to the front. Liu Binbin took the pass from Shi Ke and turned around to run forward.

On the left, Jiang Yuan also started his move.

Because Jiang Yuan was exhausted and the Portuguese defensive players were also a little tired, Portugal's defense against Jiang Yuan was now a little slack.

After all, there is a big difference between a sleeping lion and a awake lion!
"The game has come to the 110th minute, and there is indeed not much time left for China. If Portugal can maintain this score until the end, they will successfully advance to the semi-finals."

"Wait, look at this attack by the Chinese team!"

"Liu Binbin, pass to Wu Lei. Wu Lei can try to go to the bottom line. Oh, it's too late. Wu Lei didn't handle the ball well. Esgayo caught up and faced Wu Lei one-on-one at the bottom line."

"There shouldn't be much chance left. Wu Lei turned around and passed the ball to Xu Xin who was coming up from behind to provide support."

"Xu Xin, report back to Mi Haolun!"

"Mi Haolun received the ball in the middle and passed it to Jiang Yuan on the left at a 45-degree angle. Jiang Yuan used his chest to pass the ball to Shi Ke."

"Shi Ke, pass the ball directly, Jiang Yuan starts to go down the bottom line!"

The one responsible for defending Jiang Yuan was Portugal's Olympic team's right back Fernando Fonseca.

It can only be said that there is a reason why Fonseca plays for Porto U19. This guy's experience is obviously insufficient. Jiang Yuan made two consecutive pauses and feints and directly broke through Fonseca.

Cut in from the outside of the penalty area and go straight to the middle.

"No!"

Fonseca thought it was not good and wanted to pull Jiang Yuan down with his hands, but the guy was too weak and Jiang Yuan finally got rid of him.

After completely getting rid of Fonseca, Jiang Yuan entered the Portuguese penalty area.

……

(End of this chapter)